OCCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2762, 4 May 1916, Page 6

OCCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

lAX INQUEST. - ... - Mi. "\\. G. Riddcll, 5.M., ( held an i:' , inquest 'yesterday afternoon into the cir- ,-... Eumstanees' connected with tlie death of I.: JemimaWalsh, a married woman, whose I bcdy was found 1 at the rear of the resi- £/: derice of .her- parents' iu Daniel Street on -'.Toesday morning. The verdict was that i; . deceased. died from a wound in-' the : throat selMnflicted, whilst of unsound |._iJ2iind...- ' The -evidence showed that deceased; had been an inmate pf a mental hospital until about three months ago.

BOTH LEGS FRACTURED. i : 'With/'both-his legs fractured and his sody bruised, William S. Jenkins, sec-.7_7n.d-hand dealer,, of Cambridge Terrace, ivas admitted to the Hospital yesterday; Jie.was'driving his trap along-Buckle Street, shortly after 11 a.m., the horse i f:\ oolted, and Jenkins, becoming entangled ,V. In the rein's, fell between the horse and Ihe vehicle, .' was dragged. along tho \' ground for about fifty yards, both wheels 9 »f the trap passing over his legs ;just - ibovo the anklesi : After; lie had been -attended to at Mount .Cook Police Star l tion -by- Dr.-'Martin," ho was removed to ' tho Hospital." I'

FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT. ! o . '.;•••• By._Telegro.pli—Press Association./ ' ' _ N3« Plymouth, May 3. ifatal' motor accident occurred on I'/'" Junction Road, about six miles from New Plymouth, this morning. Sirs/. Walker, £ Df.'.Kaponga, who ; was* driving a ' .car f- . .ivith a■ party oil the way-.to-a-wedding, mistook tho. road, and, discovering her i;. mistake, endeavoured to turn ,- off !' The. sar,'capsized.and Mrs., p . (Walker was other occupants p.- ', .were only shaken;

I' A BUSHMAN KILLED.. . | -. HoWitikaj' May 2. ;■? : iAlborfc-Bissel], aged 35, head bushman Bros.' :sawmill at Ruatapu, t : . -was killed.this .morning by a 1 dead tree [■"dialling" on" him - while he was hauling f.'tree on a rope. He .leaves a [ .; ~i'idow" and a '.young family of live.